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Etihad Airways recently announced it would begin nonstop service between Charlotte and Abu Dhabi, the first new foreign carrier in years — and Charlotte's first nonstop flight to the Middle East. According to the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter, that announcement was a surprise Charlotte Douglas airport. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this, and other local business news, on this week's BizWorthy.

The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority has $9.5 million to allocate and may use some tourism tax money to support affordable housing projects.

Lucy Silverstein is the new student advisor on the school board, a non-voting member who represents the student body on the board.

Six million lights, larger-than-life Christmas trees and snowflakes from above — Carowinds has transformed into a winter wonderland.

Toyota says it plans to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Greensboro that will employ at least 1,750 people. Meanwhile, British global electric company Arrival says it will bring a battery assembly plant to Charlotte.

People who study the Border Patrol say it continues to be less well prepared than big city police for handling crowds and situations involving protesters, some of whom are legally armed.

Some call the rise of Botox, fillers and plastic surgery "aesthetic inflation." How do we talk about their effects without being rude?

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit it.

On day 12 of U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, we learn more about the importance of the shipping lane: the Strait of Hormuz.

One of the most notorious spies in U.S. history, Aldrich Ames, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. As a CIA officer, Ames sold highly classified secrets to the Soviet Union starting in the mid 1980s.

So you loved Frankenstein. What should you watch next? We asked our audience to share their recommendations. You suggested other stories of men and monsters, plus your Guillermo del Toro favorites.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Center For Disease Control and Prevention are poised to sign-off on Johnson & Johnson and Moderna booster shots this week.

Bill Phillips was an outsider to economics, but he used a machine and a chart to change the way we think about the government's role in a capitalist economy.

Some of the senators working on overhauling immigration left the halls of Congress to go to the border crossing between Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico. Reporters weren't invited, though the senators did speak to the press afterward. David Greene talks to Politico reporter Anna Palmer about the border visit.

Following new guidance on masks, Scott Simon talks with former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden about how the agency has balanced science with the politics of the pandemic.

From Timothee Chalamet's comments about opera to the new category of Best Casting, here's what to know ahead of the Academy Awards.

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.

The U.S. has concerns violence in Israel and Gaza could spread in the region. Scientists are one step closer to understanding what causes long COVID.

The International Criminal Court is reportedly preparing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. What the latest abortion lawsuit has to do with new rights for pregnant workers

President Biden orders retaliatory strikes against militants in Iraq after three U.S. servicemembers were injured. A look at the state of U.S. unions after several big 2023 wins.